Southern California has signed Class 2003 guard Quinton Day of Kansas City-Paseo Academy, Mo., who had earlier decommitted from Nebraska.

Touted Class 2003 forward/center Lorenzo Thompson of Chicago-Crane, Ill., signed with DePaul. He was a fall commitment.

UMass has gained Class 2003 forward Lawrence Carrier of Colton, Cal/Salisbury School, Conn., over Colorado. Carrier, whose stock fell because of numerous injuries, is expected to sit out his freshman season because of academics.

BYU has signed Class 2003 guard Mike Hall of San Bernardino, Cal/Dixie State CC, Utah.

Ohio signed Class 2003 forward Terren Harbut of Lexington, Kty/Dixie State CC, Utah.

Evansville signed freshman forward Tyler Best of Lafayette-Central Catholic, Ind., who is transfering from Charlotte; and Class 2003 forward/center Bradley Strickland of Atlanta-Lakeside, Ga.

New Mexico State has signed Class 2003 forward Jeff Jones of San Ramone, Cal/San Jose City CC, Cal.

Freshman forward Kyle Wilson of Plano, Tex., has been released by Illinois and is expected to enroll at Wichita State. He played in 18 games last season and had a 2.6 scoring average.

Class 2003 center Jay Neukomm of Edna, Tex., signed with Texas-Arlington.

7-1 center Bryce Husak of Mt. Vernon, Ia., who was a fall signee with Elon, has received a requested release following the coaching change.

Nevada signed Class 2003 forward Jermaine Washington of Columbia, SC/South Plains CC, Tex.

Baylor signed forward Harvey Thomas of Fredericksburg, Va/Georgetown/Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, Okla.

Charlotte signed forwards Dedric Spooner of Milwaukee, Wis/Colby CC, Kan; and P.J. Pigford of Wilmington-East Columbus, NC/Lon Morris CC, Tex.

Colorado State added Class 2003 guard Dwight Boatner of Lake Charles-Barbe, La.

Denver signed Class 2003 forward Antonio Porch of Aurora-Denver East, Colo.

Louisiana-Monroe signed two Class 2003 prospects in forward Isaac Gay of Brusly, La; and guard RoShon Jacobs of Baton Rouge-Woodlawn, La.

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Class 2003:

Over 820 Class 2003 prospects have made commitments or signed scholarship papers. Signings and commitments by conferences. The early period ran Nov. 13-20 and the late period is Apr. 16-May 15.

Arizona, Duke, Maryland, Illinois and Kansas lead the Early 2003 Top Classes.

Remaining uncommitted Top 100 Prospects (6): C-Darryl Watkins; F-Linas Kleiza; G/F-LeBron James (probable NBA); C-James Lang (Decommitted Louisville/possible NBA). F-Mohamed Abukar (Released by Georgia): C-Shagari Alleyne (Decommited from Rutgers).

Remaining committed/unsigned Top 100 Prospects (4): C-Jackie Butler (Mississippi State); C-Lamont Hamilton (St. John's); F-Marquis Kately (California); F-Charlie Villanueva (Illinois/possible NBA).

*Search the list of Prospects/Commitments.
*Post-Summer list of Top 100 Prospects/Commitmen ts/Remaining Top 100 Prospects.
*Top 100 Prospects by Position: Centers/Forwards/Guards.
*More players projected to make an impact: Super Prospects.
*Check out the Early Top Classes.
*Check out the Early Top 100 JC Prospects.
*Early Top 100 JC Prospects by Position: Centers/Forwards/Guards.
*Basketball Signing Periods: Early: Nov. 13-20; Regular: Apr. 16-May 15.

Class 2004:
Search the early list of Junior Prospects/Commitments.

Basketball Commitments/Signings:
OCSN: Main Recruiting Page.
Class 2004 Men: Database.
Class 2003 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/Women: Database.
Class 2002 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/ Women: Database.
Class 2001 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/Women: Database.
Class 2000 Men: Database/Top 100/Top Classes/Women: Database.
Class 1999 Men: Database/Women: Database.
Class 1998 Men: Database/ Top Classes/Women: Database.
*McDonald's All-American Game stories/Rosters for 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
*USA Men's Junior National Team.
*The NBA selected only one high school and a single junior college prospect during the 2002 draft: Center/forward Amare Stoudemire of Orlando-Cypress Creek, Fla., was taken 9th in the first round by Phoenix, while Portland took forward Qyntel Woods of Northeast Mississippi CC, Miss., at No. 21 in the first round. The NBA passed on three other high school/prep school prospects and seven JC players (List).

Bill Hodge is the executive editor and director of recruiting coverage at CollegeSports.com. For daily columns on prospects, commitments and signings, plus databases, go to CollegeSports.com's Recruiting Page.